Why, so we can get a movie about two stormtroopers whining about guard duty?

DH-437: "Somebody blew up the second Death Star."RG-269: "Bunch of farking savages in this galaxy."***RG-269: An invasion of that magnitude would require a helluva lot more manpower than Sauron's army had to offer. I'll bet there were independent contractors working in that thing: bowyers, Oliphant trainers, cooks.DH-437: Not just orcs and goblins, is what you're getting at...RG-269: Exactly. In order to get it conquered quickly and quietly they'd hire anybody who could do the job. Do you think the average Uruk-Hai knows how to build a catapult? All they know is killing and white handprints.DH-437: All right, so even if independent contractors are working for Sauron, why are you uneasy with his destruction?RG-269: All those innocent contractors hired to do a job were killed - casualties of a war they had nothing to do with.[pause]RG-269: All right, look-you're a blacksmith, and some juicy Isengard contract comes your way; you got the wife and kids and the two-story in Gondor - this is a Isengard contract, which means all sorts of benefits. All of a sudden these left-wing militants blast you with ghost arrows and wipe out everyone within a three-mile radius. You didn't ask for that. You have no personal politics. You're just trying to scrape out a living.

Why, so we can get a movie about two stormtroopers whining about guard duty?

DH-437: "Somebody blew up the second Death Star."RG-269: "Bunch of farking savages in this galaxy."***RG-269: An invasion of that magnitude would require a helluva lot more manpower than Sauron's army had to offer. I'll bet there were independent contractors working in that thing: bowyers, Oliphant trainers, cooks.DH-437: Not just orcs and goblins, is what you're getting at...RG-269: Exactly. In order to get it conquered quickly and quietly they'd hire anybody who could do the job. Do you think the average Uruk-Hai knows how to build a catapult? All they know is killing and white handprints.DH-437: All right, so even if independent contractors are working for Sauron, why are you uneasy with his destruction?RG-269: All those innocent contractors hired to do a job were killed - casualties of a war they had nothing to do with.[pause]RG-269: All right, look-you're a blacksmith, and some juicy Isengard contract comes your way; you got the wife and kids and the two-story in Gondor - this is a Isengard contract, which means all sorts of benefits. All of a sudden these left-wing militants blast you with ghost arrows and wipe out everyone within a three-mile radius. You didn't ask for that. You have no personal politics. You're just trying to scrape out a living.

I guess that it comes to on one hand, he really has a great visual style.

Say what you will about Hellboy and Helboy 2 (personally, I liked both), but those movies had, in my opinion, great visuals.

And on the other hand, I think he does it great when it comes to integrate personal and even mundane stories into fantastic backgrounds. I loved Pan's Labyrinth for that reason.

/Pacific Rim looks at least entertaining to me.

Ok. Legitimate answer. These threads have been killing me with people unjustifiably shouting names of their favorite directors without thinking about the content.

I honestly cannot pick a director who I think can execute it well and manage fan expectations while putting up with Disney (pending on if they are hands on, if hands off I might say Cauron. He can manage big budget and the dichotomy of bleakness and hope. He saved the Potter film series IMO)

They'd honestly have to be nuts not to be knocking on Brad Bird's door. He has experience of doing big-budget movies, understands CG, has directed a massive budget live action movie with huge action shots, and has been critically and financially successful.

You know the worst, serious options? Michael Bay or Chris Columbus. They'll make sure it gets made, it'll make money, and be instantly forgettable dreck.

If it ended up being Brad Bird or Guillermo del Toro I would shiat a brick.

Sure, del Toro is involved in about 2 million projects right now, but it would be AMAZING to see his directing style (to say nothing of the amazing creature designs) implemented into the Star Wars universe.